Ergothioneine production by Corynebacterium glutamicum harboring heterologous biosynthesis pathways.

Journal of bioscience and bioengineering(2023)

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In this study, Corynebacterium glutamicum was engineered to produce ergothioneine, an amino acid derivative with high antioxidant activity. The ergothioneine biosynthesis genes, egtABCDE, from Mycolicibacterium smegmatis were introduced into wild-type and l-cysteine-producing strains of C. glutamicum to evaluate their ergothioneine production. In the l-cysteine-producing strain, ergothioneine production reached approximately 40 mg L after 2 weeks, and the amount was higher than that in the wild-type strain. As C. glutamicum possesses an ortholog of M. smegmatis egtA, which encodes an enzyme responsible for γ-glutamyl-l-cysteine synthesis, the effect of introducing egtBCDE genes on ergothioneine production in the l-cysteine-producing strain was evaluated, revealing that a further increase to more than 70 mg L was achieved. As EgtBs from Methylobacterium bacteria are reported to use l-cysteine as a sulfur donor in ergothioneine biosynthesis, egtB from Methylobacterium was expressed with M. smegmatis egtDE in the l-cysteine-producing strain. As a result, ergothioneine production was further improved to approximately 100 mg L. These results indicate that utilization of the l-cysteine-producing strain and introduction of heterologous biosynthesis pathways from M. smegmatis and Methylobacterium bacteria are effective for improved ergothioneine production by C. glutamicum.
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Corynebacterium glutamicum,Ergothioneine,Methylobacterium,Mycolicibacterium smegmatis,l-Cysteine
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